O  F 

THE  NORTH  CAROLINA  PRESBYTERIAN. 


The  Presbyterian  Church  in  North  Carolina  has  long  labored  under  a  serious  disadvantage  from  the 
want  of  a  journal  to  advocate  her  claims  and  represent  her  interests.  It  is  estimated  that  only  1000 
Presbyterian  Weeklies  are  taken  in  the  bounds  of  our  three  Presbyteries.  We  have  13,000  Communi- 
cants, and  it  is  safe  to  infer  that  there  are  30,000  Presbyterians  in  principle  in  the  State.  Our  Synod 
stands  fifth  in  the  Union  in  point  of  numbers,  and  her  membership  is  greater  than  that  of  any  Synod 
South  or  West  of  Pennsylvania.  Our  sister  States  on  the  North  and  South,  neither  of  which  has  a 
membership  so  large  as  ours,  publish  the  Central,  and  the  Southern  Presbyterian,  for  the  benefit  of 
their  people.  The  time  has  come  when  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  North  Carolina  should  likewise  do 
her  duty  to  her  children.  It  is  a  conceded  and  important  fact,  that  hundreds  of  our  members  will  take 
a  State  paper  who  will  take  no  other.  The  Paper  is  needed  to  be  the  organ  of  our  Synod  and  Presbyte- 
ries— to  elevate  and  enligliten  the  piety  of  our  membership  by  dift'using  evangelical  knowledge — to  pro- 
mote the  cause  of  Education — to  develope  the  talents  of  our  Ministry,  and  to  strengthen  the  attachment 
of  our  people  to  the  soil  and  sanctuaries  of  their  own  State. 

If  our  Church  in  other  States,  and  other  Churches  in  this  State,  can  supply  their  members  with  a 
Eeligious  journal,  why  may  not  we?  Are  North  Carolina  Presbyterians  inferior  in  talent,  energy  and 
patriotism  to  their  neighbors  on  the  North  or  South,  or  to  Christians  of  other  denominations  at  home? 
With  the  same  or  better  opportunities  of  accomplishing  this  work,  shall  we  leave  it  undone?  In  the  lan- 
guage of  one  of  our  most  able  and  useful  Ministers,  an  adopted  son  of  our  State,  "It  ought  to  have  been 
undertaken  20  years  ago,  but  it  is  not  too  late  to  begin  to  do  right." 

In  the  last  two  or  three  months,  a  fund  of  about  $5000  has  been  subscribed  as  a  permanent  capital. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  contributors,  held  at  Greensborough  on  the  14th  of  May, — Eev.  A.  Baker,  Chair- 
man,— the  Paper  was  unanimously  located  at  Fayetteville,  imder  the  name  and  title  of  the  North  Caeo- 
LiNA  Pkeseyteeiax.  Kcv.  Wui.  N.  Mebane  and  Rev.  George  McNeill  were  elected  Editors:  Rev.  Messrs. 
George  McNeill,  Wm.  N.  Mebane,  A.  Baker  and  C.  H.  Wiley,  and  Messrs.  George  McNeill,  Sr.,  John 
H.  Cook  and  David  Murphy  were  a])pointed  an  Executive  Committee,  to  establish  the  Paper  and  man- 
age its  business  affairs. 

It  is  our  wish  and  design  to  make  the  Noimi  Cauolina  Pkesbytekian  a  journal  of  the  first  class, 
equal  to  the  best  in  the  country  in  typographical  appearance  and  in  adaptation  to  the  wants  of  om- 
Churches.  Its  columns  will  afibrd  the  latest  intelligence,  both  foreign  and  domestic,  and  special  care  will 
be  taken  to  give  a  full  and  accurate  summary  of  State  news.  The  name  of  the  Paper  is  designed  to  be 
r  an  exponent  of  its  character  and  contents.  From  conviction,  it  will  advocate  the  conservative,  orthodox, 
Old  School  doctrines  and  order  of  the  Church. 

Our  first  appeal  is  to  our  own  people— to  N.  C.  Presbyterians.  AVhilst  we  rely  confidently  upon 
their  favor,  we  trust  that  the  native  sons  of  North  Carolina  who  have  found  homes  in  other  States,  and 
the  adopted  citizens  of  our  State  who  form  so  important  an  element  in  our  Ministry  and  membership, 
will  take  a  deep  interest  in  this  enterprise,  and  give  it  their  hearty  support. 

Terms:  $2  per  annum  in  advance,  ov  on  delivery  of  the  first  number:  $2  .50  in  six  months;  |3  at  the 


end  of  the  year.  To  clubs  of  25  or  more,  paying  in  advance  and  when  the  Paper  is  sent  to  one  address, 
a  discount  of  10  per  cent,  will  be  allowed.  Oar  Ministers  and  Elders  are  earnestly  desired  to  act  as 
Agents,  and  all  others  friendly  to  the  cause  will  please  assist  in  procuring  as  many  subscribers  as  possi- 
ble, and  forward  the  names,  hy  August  1st,  to  this  Office.  As  soon  as  1500  subscribers  are  obtained,  the 
first  number  will  be  issued.  If  a  faithful  and  vigorous  effort  is  made  in  the  next  two  months  by  those 
who  take  a  lively  interest  in  this  Avork,  we  will,  without  doubt,  be  able  to  begin  the  publication  at  the 
end  of  that  time  with  a  paying  subscription  list  of  at  least  3000. 

2^p^  Address,  Editors  of  the  North  Carolina  Presbyterian,  Fayetteville,  N.  C. 

Fayetteville,  May  20,  1857. 


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